A MEISSEN PORCELAIN ARMORIAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRUM FROM THE SWAN SERVICE CIRCA 1739-40 Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein , with Acis and a fish-tailed nymph seated on a dolphin, accompanied by two baby tritons and supported on an upturned shell, the tripartite pedestal base with three scrolls each issuing a gilt shell, each side moulded with a cartouche painted with the arms of Brühl and Kolowrat-Krakowska, the central reed-moulded column with four ormolu-mounted branches each with a shell-moulded candle sconce and drip pan 20 1/8 in. (51.2 cm.) high Provenance Heinrich Count Brühl, Schloss Pförten, and thence by descent. Acquired by a member of the Brühl family from Frye & Sohn, Münster, December 1990, and by descent to the present owner.
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN ARMORIAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRUM FROM THE SWAN SERVICE CIRCA 1739-40 Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein , with Acis and a fish-tailed nymph seated on a dolphin, accompanied by two baby tritons and supported on an upturned shell, the tripartite pedestal base with three scrolls each issuing a gilt shell, each side moulded with a cartouche painted with the arms of Brühl and Kolowrat-Krakowska, the central reed-moulded column with four ormolu-mounted branches each with a shell-moulded candle sconce and drip pan 20 1/8 in. (51.2 cm.) high Provenance Heinrich Count Brühl, Schloss Pförten, and thence by descent. Acquired by a member of the Brühl family from Frye & Sohn, Münster, December 1990, and by descent to the present owner.
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